Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Drowning Man , by - Janis Ian. Release date: 05.02.2006
Song language: English
The Drowning Man |
| He said — grab any stool |
| Put your belly to the bar |
| I’m not such a fool |
| I know who you are |
| It’s been too many years |
| And not enough time |
| Have a cup of my tears |
| They’ve been watered with wine |
| I am the drowning man |
| I am the drowning man |
| There once was a girl |
| Every story starts that way |
| She lit up my world |
| Like a fireworks display |
| And the flame drew me near |
| But it frightened me more |
| So I met her with water |
| And I rained 'til I poured |
| Now I am the drowning man |
| I am the drowning man |
| I’m drowning in jiggers |
| And I’m drowning in smoke |
| I’m drowning in rivers |
| Where the fish gasp and choke |
| I have drowned my tomorrows |
| Just to drown out my past |
| Now I drown all my sorrows |
| At the bottom of this glass |
| 'Cause I am the drowning man |
| I am the drowning man |
| I won’t die for money |
| And I won’t die for love |
| And I won’t die for beauty |
| Or the good Lord above |
| But I’ll die for a dream |
| Whose heart is engraved |
| In the rocks and the reefs |
| Of my watery grave |
| I am the drowning man |
| I am the drowning man |